CRASH
OF A VOUGHT KINGFISHER
INTO THE SWAN RIVER,
NEAR THE SANDRINGHAM HOTEL, PERTH, WA
ON 12 SEPTEMBER 1943

A US Navy Vought Kingfisher, designated OS2U-2 BN
2283, of Navy Scouting Squadron Sixty-One VS-61, appeared to be in difficulties
before it turned over and nose-dived suddenly into the middle of the Swan River a short distance from the Sandringham
Hotel on Sunday 12 September 1943. It exploded after disappearing beneath the
surface of the river.

The aircraft was a piloted by William Burt Beck.
The aircraft crashed while performing an engine test.